Reading Cursive, Identifying Officers

[Stryker65]

From slide 2:

(^ of Eufaula Battery, residence "Ala.")

From slide 3:

 

[Old Soldier]

4 -= J. Hustin(?); 15 = J Bressler (it is the old way of writing a double 's'); 24 Gamis/Garnis(?)
42 = Chas (Le) Dupuy*; 59 = G. B. Dyer; 69 = Stern;17 = Christian B South/Serth
* There are Dupuy in Prince Edward County!

 

[Stryker65]

Resolved 15. It was Pvt. Jonathan Bressler, who supposedly was made 2nd Lt. just before the end of the war.
Resolved 42. It was Lt. Charles L. C. Dupuy.
Resolved 59. It was Maj. George B. Dyer.
Resolved 69. It was Pvt. Samuel Stern, who supposedly was made 2nd Lt. just before the end of the war.

Thanks @Old Soldier !!

 

[Old Soldier]

Trouble is with cursive written like this is the 'dangly bits' from the name above and the haste in writing which often makes some unreadable - as you know pretty well by now!

 

[Bruce Allardice]

Number 15 is Jonathan Bressler (1832-1909)

 

[Old Soldier]

Just a thought - the very last one = J. E. N. Trumph? (There is a Trumph family on record nationally)
And No 17 could even be Christian B SMITH (writtenon a bad day!)

 

[Stryker65]

Just a thought - the very last one = J. E. N. Trumph? (There is a Trumph family on record nationally)
And No 17 could even be Christian B SMITH (writtenon a bad day!)

I thought Christian B. Smith, but he doesn't appear in the records of Louisiana soldiers, nor on Search for Soldiers.

 

[Old Soldier]

He appears to be ranked as 'Surg' = Surgeon who were often not on regimental lists.

 

[Stryker65]

This is a list of all the Louisiana Smiths, including surgeons and others. BTW, the entire site is a giant list of Louisiana soldiers' service records.

 

[Bruce Allardice]

I thought Christian B. Scott.

 

[Stryker65]

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I thought Christian B. Scott.

Didn't think of that! I didn't find a "Christian B. Scott," but I found a "Preston B. Scott" who was paroled as Surg. P. A. C. S. on May 13 at Meridian. Thanks!

Perhaps whoever transcribed the records misread it? Could this be the same person?

 

[Bruce Allardice]

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Didn't think of that! I didn't find a "Christian B. Scott," but I found a "Preston B. Scott" who was paroled as Surg. P. A. C. S. on May 13 at Meridian. Thanks!
View attachment 490494
Perhaps whoever transcribed the records misread it? Could this be the same person?

A Dr. Preston Brown Scott, head of the association of Confederate surgeons, died in Louisville in 1900, age 68.
I found a Dr. Christian B. Scott of DC and New Jersey, but can't connect him to the CSA.

 

[Stryker65]

It's him.

https://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=PMC9591524&blobtype=pdf

A Dr. Preston Brown Scott, head of the association of Confederate surgeons, died in Louisville in 1900, age 68.

It's that guy, right?

 

[Old Soldier]

Well done Stryker!

 

[Stryker65]

The last six...
4. A surgeon from Mobile, Alabama (FOUND by lupaglupa)
24. A second lieutenant of Battery C, 1st Mississippi Artillery (FOUND by lupaglupa)
54. A captain and assistant inspector general from Columbus, Mississippi
60. A captain and assistant commissary of subsistence from Mobile, Alabama (FOUND by lupaglupa)
145. A major and quartermaster from Hannibal, Missouri (FOUND by lupaglupa)
266. An assistant adjutant general for Ector's Brigade from Lamar County, Texas

 

[RollAlabamaRoll]

Back in the day it seemed that it mattered more if you could read and write with the eligibility not being super important. I'm not sure if it's just me but when I try to read documents sometimes it's like reading hieroglyphics.

 

[lupaglupa]

There was a surgeon named James F. Heustis with the 22nd Alabama. 1860 Census shows him living in Mobile.

 

[lupaglupa]

Lt. William H. Gaines, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery, Company C. He enlisted May 3, 1862 at Choctaw, MS.

 

[lupaglupa]

J. E. Klumph is listed as a major in an index of Missouri Volunteers. His residence is given as Mobile, AL. Confederate Officers Card Index says he is J. Eby Klumph. A Mary C. Klumph applied for a pension in the name of Joseph E. Klumph from Mobile in 1907. She could only say her husband served under General Forney.

 

[Stryker65]

Lt. William H. Gaines, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery, Company C. He enlisted May 3, 1862 at Choctaw, MS.

Found him. Looks like Sibley missed him.